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STOCK UAR.

No. 501,413. PatentedJuly 11-, 1893.

Gcov ye, G Fax/(Zia By M ATTORNEYS NITED STATES GEORGE o. FAVILLE, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSlGNO R' OF ONE-HALF PATENT QFFICE.

TO DANIEL E. OURRAN, OF SAME PLACE.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION; forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,413, dated July 11, 1893. Application filed April 9, 1892. Serial No. 42 53- (N m m To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G ORGE C. FAVILLE, residing in the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to a movable slatted floor for cattle cars so designed that it may be readily applied to any cattle car now in use, and it has for its object to provide a floor of this character which will serve as a foot lock and prevent cattle from slipping during transit, which can be readily moved out of the way and permit the easy cleaning of the cars, without injury to the slats, and which will eifect a great saving to shippers of cattle in the amount and frequency of bedding the cars. It furthermore has for its object to provide a floor of this kind which is simple in construction, can be produced at a small cost and'which can be quickly attached to or detached from the car.

With other minor objects in view and which will hereinafter be apparent, my invention consists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangement of parts all of which will hereinafter be fully described in the specification and pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of a stock car with my improvements applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of one of the end slatsections. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the central slat section and Fig. 5 is a detail view hereinafter referred to.

My improved foot lock or slatted floor is formed of five sections numbered respectively 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, the sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 being constructed alike and each consists of a rectangular frame formed of the outer parallel longitudinal bars a a the central longitudinal bar a and the cross bars or slats B B. The inner ends of these cross slatsB are projected beyond the longitudinal bar a'as at b and in such projected ends is secured a longitudinal rod 0, which forms a hinge bearing for the section, it being held in eye bolts or screws D fastened in the floor timbers E of the car as most clearlyshown in Fig. 2. In some instances where a continuous hinge rod might not be advantageously used, a number of the extended ends of cross slats maybe provided with hinged members F having bifurcated ends f, which fit over the eye bolts D, and are held thereon by the cross pins f as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

The sections 1, and 2 when down cover the one end of the car, while thesections 3, and 4 likewise cover the other end thereof, and such sections stop at the central doorways of the car. At the doorway portion of the car a slatted section G is laid over the floor the construction of which is clearly shown in Fig. 4 and which is temporarily fastenedin any suitable manner to the floor, it being also secured to the slat sections 1, 2, 8, and 4 by the bolts H H which pass through the coincident bolt holes 71. and h in the end and middle sections; the end sections being also held together when down by the bolts I I. To prevent the projecting ends of the cross slats of the several sections splitting, I provide them with metallic cuff sections J J.

It will be noticed by reference to the drawings, that the bars a and B are, spaced apart in such a manner as to form a series of pock' ets, when folded down against the car floor, in which the bedding will be firmly tramped by the cattle as they stand thereon. It will also be manifest that while such bars will form ample foot lock means, yet owing to the width of the pockets, they will not form the foot rests, as the cattle will stand between the bars on the soft bedding accumulated within the aforesaid pockets. Thus, whileasafe foot lock is provided, the cattle are not obliged to stand on a hard floor or slatted bottom, and thereby avoids the possibility of foot sores. During the shipment of the cattle the several sections are connected as stated. When however the cattle have reached their destination the connecting pins are drawn, and the center section 5 and the bedding held thereon are removed, cleaned and hung up in the end of the car. The side sections are then swungup, the bedding and dirt removed therefrom and from the bottom of the car, after which such sections are swung up as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The car is then fumigated and is ready for use toconvey almost all kinds nal rod 0 held in the projecting members I) of freight back to the cattle shipping point. and journaled in said eyes and the means for Having thus described my invention, What securing the adjacent bars a a of the sections I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pattogether when in their lowered positions sub- 5 ent, is stantially as shown and for the purpose de- [5 The combination of the car the end sections scribed. 1 2 3- and 4 formed of the longitudinal GEORGE U. FAVILLE. bars a a and the cross bars B, projected at one Witnesses: end beyond the bar a as at b said ends having ISAAC L. BALL,

1a cuff sections J, the eye bolts D, the longitudi- ROBERT E. FISHER. 

